Insult Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“She was… damn it, she was everything. Witty, enchanting, brave, smart… and beautiful. And he knew that his eyes were saying all that and…

— L.J Smith

“compliments were like a beverage she was unconsciously smart enough to deny herself even one drop of, because her thirst for them was infinite.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Soon, she and the rest of them would be ironic much of the time, unable to answer an innocent question without giving their words…

— Meg Wolitzer

“Oh, I remember, I remember all those moments! And I want to add, too, that when such young creatures, such sweet young creatures want…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I shook my head once and caught her glance, the wise and sullen look of a not quite adolescent girl who knew too much.”

— Dorothy Allison

“She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think.”

— E. Lockhart

“What began, after a few more minutes, to irritate him was that she didn’t even attempt to be engaging—made no effort toward wit or…

— Adelle Waldman

“This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She was a rapidly rising anchor. She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand…

— Douglas Adams

“Her conversation often revealed that behind her smiles, height, blonde hair and grasp of fashion lay a wit that was severely lacking.”

— D.M. Andrews

“Minerva considered herself a reasonably intelligent person, but good heavens . . . handsome men made her stupid. She grew so flustered around them,…

— Tessa Dare

“For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying--what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One must simply say what…

— Virginia Woolf